PREVISION’18

SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF TELECOM

 Predicting

Communication
Broadband Infrastructure

Consumer
Electronics Indian Telecom

Telecom
Telecom Software
Technologies

Global Telecom VAS & Mobility

Blockchain
 Indian Telecom

Subscriber Base

• Wireless subscriber base is expected to

reach 1117.25 Mn
• Fixed line subscriber base is expected to
reduce to 24.77 Mn

2018
Wireless -1117.25 Mn
Fixed line -24.77 Mn
 Indian Telecom

Teledensity

• Overall teledensity is expected to reach to 96.58%.

Urban teledensity: 182.32%
Rural teledensity: 58.39%

• Huge investment on infrastructure and the

potential expansion in rural areas is expected to
drive up subscription and teledensity.
2018
Teledensity-96.58%
 Indian Telecom
Data usage and Data ARPU
• The number of
internet users has
gone up to 342.65 mn
as on March 16.
• Data usage per
subscriber per
month(GSM+CDMA):
147.12 MB.
No. of User : 342.65 mn
Data usage : 147.12 MB
• Revenue from data has
become significant for
operators.
• Data ARPU has
increased by 25% since
last year while ARPU
from call has
decreased by 9%.
25% increase in ARPU
 Indian Telecom

4G/LTE

Operators focus on 4G, • Handsets bundled

expected to create price service offers
wars. • Constraints
• High tariff rates
Key drivers:- • Customer acceptance
• Need for higher speeds in Tier 2 and Tier 3
• Availability of affordable cities
devices

Forecasted Figure : 000 Forecasted Figure : 000

 Consumer Electronics

PERSONAL COMPUTING

• Worldwide shipments expected to come down to

237.07 mn from 272.6 mn units.
• Indian shipments expected to come down to 7.84 mn
from 9.25 mn units.
• Key Drivers
• Increased competition from mobile phones and tablets
2018
Global Shipments - • Falling commodity prices and weak international currencies led
237.07 mn to delay in purchases
Indian Shipments -
7.84mn
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Tablets

• Worldwide shipments expected to come down to 194.69

mn from 206.8 mn units
• Indian shipments expected to reach 4.24 mn from 3.8 mn
units
Key Drivers
2018 • Increase in demand for detachable tablets.
Global Shipments - • High growth in shipments of large screen smartphone
194.69 mn devices
Indian Shipments -
4.24mn • Rise in popularity of phablets
 Consumer Electronics
HANDSETS
• Global shipments Key drivers
expected to reach 1972.94
mn from 1917 mn units
• Indian shipments
expected to reach 242.51
mn from 235.6 mn units
Forecasted Figure :
000
• Increase in demand for
low-end smartphones
• Growth in APEC and MEA
markets.
• Aggressive pricing strategy
from local and Chinese
brands
Forecasted Figure :
000
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SMARTPHONES

Key drivers
• Worldwide shipments are
• New gen smartphones
expected to reach
with detachable parts
1654.66 mn from 1432.9
like Mod (Moto Z) and
mn units
Buddies (LG G5)
• Indian shipments are
• Price cuts encouraging
expected to reach 148.1
consumers to frequently
mn from 103.6 mn units
change their
2018
smartphones 2018
Global Shipments : Indian Shipments :
1654.66 mn 4.24mn
VAS & Mobility
Blockchain